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(Quinn also has a Klout score of 59, just ahead of Stringer and de Blasio.)

Of course, none of this necessarily means she'll actually end up with more votes next year than her rivals. Nor does it give Quinn a pass from the parochial issues she'll continue to have to deal with in her current capacity, like the expansion of the Chelsea Market, which is in Quinn's backyard and landed on the front page of The Times last week.

Years after applying for the job, Veronica White is the city's new parks commissioner. [Jill Colvin]

City Council

An aide to City Councilman Leroy Comrie, Al-Hassan Kanu, is running for a seat in Sierra Leone's parliament. [Sarah Maslin Nir]

Albany

Cuomo's 11th-hour legislation would block schools from releasing teacher evaluation info that could identify a specific teacher to the public. Parents would get teacher evaluation info for their child's current teacher. Also: "Cuomo's effort to decriminalize marijuana appeared to have died Monday." [Jacob Gershman and LIsa Fleisher]

It's "disconcerting that Cuomo himself has been trying to limit the disclosure of teacher data. This, despite his pledge earlier this year to be the 'students’ lobbyist.' Some lobbyist." [New York Post]

If Cuomo and the legislature don't reach a deal, the full evaluations will be released. [Ken Lovett]

After passing same-sex marriage and raises taxes on high-income earners, Republicans in the State Senate, are reluctant to decriminalize small possession of marijuana, which the Conservative Party opposes. [Thomas Kaplan]

Cuomo joked that his secret to making Albany work is "large quantities of alcohol late at night with multiple lawmakers." [Beth Defalco]

Legislation to be afraid of: one that gives doctors "bargaining" power against H.M.O.s, and another that drags the government into investigating claims of unpaid salaries for freelancers. [Bill Hammond]

Joe Lhota: Non-union M.T.A. workers and managers deserve a raise since they haven't gotten one since 2008. To get it, union workers need to forgo their salary increases in the current budget talks. [New York Post]

On Air

Cindy Adams said Sue Simmons was fired for a younger, cheaper replacement. [New York Post]